Kalinaw News: More Barangays in North Luzon free from Communist terrorists

Posted to Kalinaw News (Mar 19, 2022): More Barangays in North Luzon free from Communist terrorists

Camp Aquino, Tarlac City – Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) and the Area Police Command – Northern Luzon (APC-NL) converged on Thursday, March 17, 2022, via video teleconference, formalizing the successful clearing of barangays in the north and central Luzon free from the clutches of the Communist terrorists.

Operations officers from the Joint Task Force Tala and Kaugnay presented their accomplishments and recommendations during the Area Clearing Validation Committee (ACVC) Meeting jointly presided by NoLCom Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Leandro Abeleda III and APC-NL Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Alessandro Abella.

For JTF Kaugnay, Lt. Col. Norman Valdez reported that 21 barangays and sitios in their area of operations are cleared from the presence of CTGs.

“The 21 barangays and sitios are focus areas of the weakened CTG unit Komiteng Larangang Gerilya (KLG) North Abra,” added Lt. Col. Valdez.

In the area of JTF Tala, Lt. Col. Angelo Saguiguit reported the successful clearing of 13 formerly CTG-infested barangays in Isabela which were focus areas of the remnants of the Central Front Committee.

It can be recalled that during the previous NoLCom ACVC convergence on February 24, 2022, the CTG unit Bataan-Zambales (BatZam), Komiteng Larangang Gerilya (KLG) West-South Party Committee (SPC), and the withering Komiteng Probinsya (KOMPROB) Cagayan, West Cagayan were successfully declared as weakened in addition to the dismantling of the Regional Sentro De Grabidad (RSDG), Regional Operation Command (ROC), Komiteng Rehiyong-Cagayan Valley ( KRCV) due to the successive neutralization of its leaders that caused leadership vacuum that led to the weakening of its capabilities in performing terroristic threats, extortion, and manipulation to their targeted communities.

The clearing parameters under the AFP – PNP Joint Letter Directive No. 03 (series 2020), were utilized during the evaluation and validation process of the ACVC meeting.

APC-NL Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Abella attributed the success of their recent accomplishments to “the harmonious working relationship and synergistic collaboration of the AFP and PNP, backed by the support of the general public in their pursuit for peace, security, and development”

“The crafting of Executive Order No. 70 and the creation of NTF-ELCAC is a true game-changer in our campaign. With the E0 70, the government agencies are converging their efforts towards delivering the most needed services to eradicate social issues that these communist groups are capitalizing on. The services of the government are now being felt even in the most isolated of our barrios and these services are little by little uplifting the living conditions of our citizens,” said NoLCom’s Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Abeleda as he anchored their accomplishments to the implementation of EO 70.

Brig. Gen. Abeleda affirmed that “with the continuous dismantling of guerilla fronts and the clearing of its focus areas, the joint efforts and perseverance of our lower units are significantly gaining victory.”

Since December 2020, the NoLCom and APC-NL ACVC has successfully dismantled four Communist terrorist guerilla fronts; the KLG Southern Ilocos Sur, KLG Quirino-Nueva Vizcaya, KLG Sierra Madre, and the Central Front Committee.

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